Sampler

Women of the Ocrafolk Opry

1. Be Careful

2. Poor Margaret’s Incantation

3. Hey Buck

4. O Mio Babbino Caro

5. Making Peace Tonight

6. I Never Will Marry

7. The Scarlet Tide

8. Apples In June

9. In A Town This Size

10. Dancing With Myself

11. Time To Say Goodbye

Release Date: 2010

When the Ocrafolk Opry was born in 1998 only two of the performers were women. It has gone from a backyard to a screened porch to air-conditioned Deepwater Theater and Music Hall. There are so many women performers (sometimes outnumbering the men) that it is time for our own CD. We hope you enjoy it!

Artists featured in this collection:

April Trueblood Marcy Brenner Jamie Tunnell Sundae Horn Katy Mitchell Rachael Reeder Recorded at Soundside Studio, Ocracoke, NC Engineered by Gary Mitchell

Design & Photos, April Trueblood Layout & Design Assist, Marcy Brenner Original painting by Kitty Martin Mitchell

For live performances by these artists, visit Deepwater Theater and Music Hall at www.deepwatertheater.com

1. “Be Careful” by Patti Griffin, Almo Music Corp/One Big Love Music (4:32) Guitar – Marcy Brenner Vocals – Marcy Brenner and Jamie Tunnell This song touches the tender yet strong place women have in their heart – the demands, pulls, thrills and mystery in a woman's soul.

2. “Poor Margaret's Incantation” by Laura Lynn Dossett (3:26) Guitar – Marcy Brenner Vocals – Sundae Horn and Jamie Tunnell This song was written on Ocracoke for an original Blackbeard play performed at Triad Stage in Greensboro, NC.

3. “Hey Buck” by Nina Simone (4:04) Vocal – Katy Mitchell Bass – Robbie Link Electric Guitar – Lou Castro Percussion – Jubal Creech

Katy is the 21-year-old daughter of Kitty and Gary Mitchell (Molasses Creek).

4. “O Mio Babbino Caro” by Giacomo Puccini, Hal Leonard Corp. (3:28) Guitar – Marcy Brenner Vocal – Rachel Reeder From the opera Gianni Schicchi, a daughter begs her dear daddy (babbino caro) to allow her to marry the man she loves.

5. “Making Peace Tonight” by M. Brenner/L. Castro MRB Pub LLC (ascap) (3:34) Piano & Vocal - Jamie Tunnell Marcy and Lou told me the biggest compliment to a songwriter is when they hear a cover of their song.

6. “I Will Never Marry” by A. P. Carter, Peer International Corp. (3:17) Vocals & Guitar – April Trueblood

7. “The Scarlet Tide” by Elvis Costello and T-Bone Burnett, Bug Music/Henry Burnett/Universal MGB Pub Ltd. (2:51) Guitar - Marcy Brenner Vocals – Marcy Brenner, Jamie Tunnell and Gary Mitchell

This song is from the soundtrack of the movie “Cold Mountain”.

8. “Apples in June” by Carla Gover & Mitch Barrett (bmi) (3:37) Guitar – Marcy Brenner Vocals – Sundae Horn and Marcy Brenner This is the perfect song to show how women fill up their lives with busy-ness and forget to leave room for creativity.

9. “In A Town This Size” by Kieran Kane, Family Style Pub/Glacier Park Music/Little Duck Music (2:53) Piano & Vocal - Jamie Tunnell “And for the record, I did not write this song.”

10. “Dancing With Myself” by Billy Idol and Tony James, Universal/Polygram International Pub Inc. (3:29) Guitar & Vocal – April Trueblood Bass – Lou Castro

Percussion – Joey Crum

11. “Time To Say Goodbye” (Con Te Partiro”) by L. Quarantotto, F. Sartori and F. PetersonInc/GEMA/Sugar Melodi/SIAE Drezione Generale (3:54) Vocal – Rachel Reeder Piano – Jamie Tunnell

$15 Cd

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